Black Box

Name: Black Box
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
Released: October 6, 2020
Rating: 62
Cast: Amanda Christine, Charmaine Bingwa, Donald Watkins, Han Soto, Mamoudou Athie

2020

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Movie Details & Credits

Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): October 6, 2020

Starring: Amanda Christine, Charmaine Bingwa, Donald Watkins, Han Soto, Mamoudou Athie, Najah Bradley, Nyah Marie Johnson, Phylicia Rashad, Tosin Morohunfola, Troy James

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Part of Prime Video's Welcome to the Blumhouse horror film series.

Summary: After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.

Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror

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Glenn Kenny

Oct 6, 2020

It also brings some devilish ingenuity to its variations on “Memento” and other “who am I?” thrillers. And it adds to that something more rare: a genuine emotional potency. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Oct 6, 2020

Black Box is a little wobbly in balancing its science-fiction logic and some wholesale horror thrills, but to the credit of debut director Osei-Kuffour Jr., both genre elements have their place. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Oct 20, 2020

Black Box is no Memento. It’s more like a solid episode of Black Mirror, with some ideas and imagery pilfered from one of Blumhouse’s biggest hits, Get Out. Read full review

Chris Evangelista

Oct 6, 2020

While Osei-Kuffour Jr. is able to conjure up more than a few disturbing moments – everything involving the mysterious twitchy man is great, aided by effective sound design full of rattling bones – Black Box loses steam rather quickly. Read full review

Rob Rector

Oct 18, 2020

There’s just enough in Black Box to make for a mild goosebump or two this Halloween. Read full review

The Guardian Phil Hoad

Oct 6, 2020

Without any real stylisation to shake up Nolan’s inner realities beyond bog-standard techno-realism, this sunken place has no strong signature of its own – and little to add to the African American experience. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Oct 8, 2020

Despite a potentially daring twist at the mid-mark, though, the film lacks sufficient chills, or a satisfactory payoff. Read full review

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imarley

Oct 13, 2020

um ótimo filme, recomendo assistirem. a temática de ficção científica que aborda o transplante de consciência de uma pessoa para outra foi um ponto forte. ASSISTAM!!!!!!

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Beverlyhillscop

Oct 11, 2020

I loved everything about this movie. The characters and plot development were great. We need more like this.

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samster

Oct 8, 2020

This movie is a rollercoaster of emotions. There are a lot of twist and turns. One huge one that really takes this movie to the next level. And thank goodness that twist is in there. The premise of the movie is very good. A father who loses his wife and memory in a car accident, then triesThis movie is a rollercoaster of emotions. There are a lot of twist and turns. One huge one that really takes this movie to the next level. And thank goodness that twist is in there. The premise of the movie is very good. A father who loses his wife and memory in a car accident, then tries experimental treatment to gain his memory back. Is it the most original movie? No. Is it the greatest horror movie of all time? Definitely not. But I was hooked the whole time and really enjoyed this film.… Expand

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JLau

Oct 9, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Guy with amnesia undergoes treatment to remember stuff but actually, he's the mind of the doctor's dead son who the doctor has put into a brain dead guy's body.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Oct 18, 2020

Interesting up to a point, but like most Blumhouse films, it fails to solidify its theme and execution and what remains is hardly noteworthy.

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Mauro_Lanari

Oct 18, 2021

(Mauro Lanari)
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.'s debut in one of the first two films of the anthology "Welcome to the Blumhouse", like the next six, doesn't have much of horror and is based on a ramshackle idea: the mad scientist, avant-garde researcher in neurology, she ignores the whole(Mauro Lanari)
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.'s debut in one of the first two films of the anthology "Welcome to the Blumhouse", like the next six, doesn't have much of horror and is based on a ramshackle idea: the mad scientist, avant-garde researcher in neurology, she ignores the whole mind-body debate and is convinced that a psychic identity transfer is possible in a random person's brain.… Expand

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meydianarizki21

Apr 17, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The title is kind of misleading because most people think of a Black Box as being something in an airplane for accidents information. Something like, "Who Am I?" may have been more appropriate.… Expand

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